Laurel Dash News Today

Dollarization won the $100,000 Lite the Fuse, one five stakes on the BWI Turf Cup (G3) undercard Saturday at Pimlico

Big Everest, a three-time stakes winner beaten as the favorite in his last start; graded stakes-winning turf sprinter Cazadero, and Highestdistinction, who upset Big Everest in their last meeting, top a list of 20 horses nominated to the $200,000 Baltimore-Washington International Turf Cup (G3) Saturday, Sept. 16 at Pimlico Race Course.

Kentucky Derby winner Mage is the headliner, but not the morning-line favorite, in Saturday's $1 million Haskell at Monmouth Park as the 3-year-old division continues its unsettled course.

A pair of $150,000 Open Turf Sprint Stakes with respective 12- and 10-horse fields will highlight Colonial Downs

Already with two stakes wins to his credit, jockey Sheldon Russell put an exclamation point on his spectacular Saturday afternoon by riding Grade 3-placed 3-year-old Prince of Jericho to a 4¾-length victory over Coffeewithchris in the $100,000 Concern at Laurel Park.

Poor air quality caused by Canadian wildfires prompted Woodbine in Toronto, Canada, and Laurel Park in Laurel, Md., to cancel live racing.

Stakes winners Coffeewithchris and Prince of Jericho, who battled each other in stakes races throughout the winter and spring, will meet up again for the first time since mid-April in the $100,000 Concern on Saturday at Laurel Park.

Carotari, a winner of three turf sprint stakes at Gulfstream Park the past few years, has returned to South Florida with high expectations

William Branch’s Carotari, returning to the site of his most recent victory, fended off Comedy Town the length of the stretch and got his nose down in time for a dramatic triumph in the $100,000 Laurel Dash Saturday at Pimlico Race Course.

A total of 143 nominations were made to a four $100,000 stakes, two each on dirt and turf, on the Saturday, Sept. 24 program during closing weekend of Pimlico Race Course’s fall meet.